Events
Book Discussion: The Dead Hand: The Untold Story of the Cold War Arms Race and Its Dangerous Legacy
October 19, 2009 // 12:00pm — 1:00pm
David Hoffman, Contributing Editor, The Washington Post
Strait Talk: United States-Taiwan Relations and the Crisis With China
October 13, 2009 // 4:00pm — 5:00pm
Nancy Bernkopf Tucker, Senior Scholar, Woodrow Wilson Center, and Professor of History, Georgetown University; Kenneth G. Lieberthal, Director of the John L. Thornton China Center and Senior Fellow in Foreign Policy and Global Economy and Development at the Brookings Institution.
Zhivago's Children: The Last Russian Intelligentsia
October 09, 2009 // 3:00pm — 4:30pm
Vladislav Zubok, Associate Professor of History, Temple University, Michael David-Fox, Associate Professor of History, University of Maryland, College Park, and Eric Lohr, Associate Professor of History, American University
Rebellious Satellite: Poland 1956
October 09, 2009 // 12:30pm — 1:30pm
Pawel Machcewicz, Professor of History, University of Warsaw; Charles Gati, Professor of Russian and Eurasian Studies and Foreign Policy Institute Fellow, School of Advanced International Studies, Johns Hopkins University
Kennedy and the Berlin Wall: A Hell of a Lot Better Than a War
October 01, 2009 // 3:30pm — 5:00pm
W.R. Smyser, Henry Alfred Kissinger Scholar, Library of Congress and Adjunct Professor, BMW Center for German and European Studies, Georgetown University; Mary Beth Stein, Associate Professor of German and International Affairs, The George Washington University; R. Gerald Livingston, Senior Visiting Research Fellow, German Historical Institute; Bernd Schaefer, Senior Scholar, Cold War International History Project
Negotiating With the Enemy: U.S.-China Talks During the Cold War, 1949-1972
September 24, 2009 // 4:00pm — 5:30pm
Yafeng Xia, Associate Professor of History, University of Long Island and Margaret Gnoinska, the George Washington University
Soviet-Taiwanese Relations During the Early Cold War
September 23, 2009 // 4:00pm — 5:15pm
Shin Kawashima, Japan Scholar, Woodrow Wilson Center
Director's Forum: The Enlargement of the European Union
September 22, 2009 // 10:00am — 11:00am
EU enlargement has been celebrated as the European Union's most successful foreign policy. The peaceful transformation in postcommunist Europe is a tribute not only to the peoples and leaders of those 10 countries, but also to the umbrella provided by the European Union. Dr. Michael Leigh, who has served as director-general for enlargement since 2006, highlighted the successes of the enlargement process to date as well as the main challenges to come.
Book Talk: Immortal: A Military History of Iran and Its Armed Forces
September 21, 2009 // 4:00pm — 5:00pm
Steven Ward, Senior Intelligence Analyst, Central Intelligence Agency